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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-21
BuIOUSNESS.

Bilious symptoms invariably
arise from indigestion, such as
furred tongue, vomiting OF bile,
giddiness, sick headache, ir-
regular bowels. The liver Sc
cretes the bile and acts like a
filter or sieve, to cleanse impu-
rites Of the blood. By irregu-
larity in its action or suspen-
sions Of its functions, the bile
is liable to overflow into the
blood, causing jaundiee, sallow
complexion, yellow eyes, bill
ious diarrhea, a languid,
weary feeling and many other
distressing symptoms. Bilious
ness may be properly termed
an affection Of the liver, and
can be thoroughly cured by the
grand regulator Of the liver
and hillary organs, BURD0CK
BLOOD EITTERS. 1t acts upon the
stomach, bowels and liver,
making healthy bile and pure
blood, and opens the culvePts
and sluiceways for the outlet
Of disease. Sold everywhere
and guaranteed to cure.
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a composlte citr Ind.sd.

New York claims $50, 900 German residents
and ranks the second German city of the
world, Berlin being the first What nation
ality is New York! One Is tempted to digreS
and ask the question. Everybody knows it ID
the principal Irish city in the world. There
are good many people living in young Italy,
and on Sunday night about Q O'Clock, if you
stand on Twenty-fourth street, near Delmcni-
cos, you will believe you are in Paris, because
every passer by is talking French. If pic.
ture Of representative Gothamite were
called for it would have to be composite
picture, and one would have to awaken to ths
fact that although there Is true Bostoniaa
there is no true New Yorker, or, rather, that
there are eleven Of them Irishman, German,
Frenchman, Pole and other foreigners. az
well as half dozen Of American types, would
have to sit for the picture Of the true New
Yorker, each individual influencing the
others and being influenced by all Of them,
with result as interesting as uncanny. It i
possible to take a composite picture, and such
q picture as the one imagined above ought to
be taken to give clear idea Of the futurs
cosmopolite Chicago Times
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-21
Grains of Gold.

Immodes, words admit of no defense
Ecuuomy is of itself great revenue.
Think of he ills from which you are
exempt.
What makes life dreary is the want Of
motive.
On life's highwyy slander takes toll
from regulations.
High trees feel the wind; lofty station
is obnoxious TO danger.
There is always somebody to believe
in any one who is uppermost.
Each departed friend is magnet that
attracts US to the next world.
Deceit is the o!eomargarine that is
mixed with the butter of truth.
Never think you can make yourself
great by making others less.
There can be no peace in human life
without the contempt of all evil.
When We think of the Future, we do
not often think of the Future of Futures.
l hardly know so true mark of little
mind as the servile imitation of others.
IL is no shame for q man to learn what
be knows not. whatever age be may be.
If we are Gods children we need not
fear the development of His providence.
If we do not flatter ourselves. the fiat
tery of others will not be able to injure
us.
1t is the fate of mankind. too often. to
seem iusensible of what they may enjoy
1t the easiest rate.
The three things most difficult are, to
keep a secret. to forget an injury, and
to make good use of leisure.
Loving kindness" says the Tslmud.
'is greater than laws; and the charities
of life are more than all ceremonies"
Without belief in persO al immor.
tslity religion Is surely IKE an arch
resting on one pillsr-like bridge end
ing in an abyss.
1t is not wisdom, but ignorance. that
teaches men presumption. Genius may
be sometimes arrogant, but nothing Is 80
difident as knowledge.
1t is impossible to make people under
stand their ignorance, for 1t requires
knowledge to perceive It; and therefore
he that can perceive it hath IL not.
Iil.humOr is nothing more than an in
ward feeling of our own want of merit,
dissatisfaction with ourselves which Is
always united with an envy that foolish
vanity excites.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-21
hundreds OF Buna1o skeIe.on,.


Between the Little Dry and Big Dry we
saw what has become of the millions of buffa-
loes. Hundreds Of carcasses lay scattered
over the prairie in every direction. They lay
thickly along both sides of the road, and the
bad lands were full Of them. After passing
the Red buttes, on the way up, we were
hardly ever out of sight of bleaching skele-
ton, and sometimes a score were in sight at
one time. Once 1 counted seventeen lying
grouped together in space of not over two
acres in extent. 1t was a mournful sight.
Although these buffaloes were killed only four
years ago or less, the powerful effect of the
dry winds and intense heat of summer have
literally stripped the flesh from the bones and
left the whole skeletons lying just e. they
fell, bleached as white as snow on the upper
side and very often with nearly every bone
in its place. The skinners had left the heads
Of the bulls unskinned and the thick hide had
dried down upon the skulls as hard as horn,
holding the tangled masses of the shaggy
frontlet firmly in place until it bleached brown
in the sunshine and finally was worn away
by wind and weather. A little later we
picked up eight just such skeletons as the
above, absolutely complete and with not
three pounds of dried meat remaining on anS
one of them. The bleaching power Of Mon
tana weather is perfectly marvellous
As we travelled back 70 Miles City in De-
cember we gathered up ffty-one perfect
skulls Of old bull and COW buffaloes to store
up for the museums of the world that viii
beg for them little later when the buf1alosa
are all dead and the bone gatherers have
gathered in and crushed the last bone 10 b
found on the buffalo ranges. And I tell you
it afforded me solid comfort ~ bave it in my
power to lay In such goodly Etore before ID
was too late. For forty miles north Of Miles
City the buffalo bones have already been
gathered up clean!-WiIliam T. Hornaday in
New York Sun.
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or ''clipped, and these are only bought as
bullion and not redeemed for 81 The
Chinese had habit, and it has proved bad
one, OF clipping or marking with some Of
their outlandish characters each dollar that
came into their possession.
These marks told of the character Of silver
and weight in each coin Thousands Of
the dollars have as many as six or eight
different Chinese stamps, or ~clips," on them.
All thus mutilated are no good, except as
bullion. Now, as the trade dollar was coined
for the Chinese. it is probable that large
majority of the coin is thus mutilated, and
that is what makes the count at ths assay
offices so slow. Another scheme Of mutila-
ton was the disiguring Of the Goddess of
Liberty on the face of the dollar On some Of
the coins sent to the treasury here, the poor
goddess has been almost denuded OF her
flowing robes, and placed in awkward posi-
tons
A large number of samples have been sent
to Secretary Fairchild and Treasurer Jordan.
and the artistic sketches are remarkable
Treasurer Jordan has a large number of coins
mutilated by the Chinese All coins in the
least mutilated, scratched or punctured are
refused, and only accepted as bullion. This
decision has alarmed some Of the SPECTATORS
north, who went in heavy and purchased
millions of dollars worth of the trade dollars
all the way from s. to 90 cents, and they are
anxious now to close out their lots at 991S,
preferring to lose the half cent now than lose
more when the coin Is examined and found
mutilated, for advices received here are that
many of the millions to be redeemed are
in such a condition that they will only be
purchased as bullion.-Baltimore American.
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Prohibition With a Drug Store Re
servatiOn.

Drug stores in Ohio, as elsewhere. are
easily turned into tippliug houses when
The local appetite is keen and the con"
scieuce of the druggist is torpid. The
thirsty man never hnds the world going
wrong with him when the hospita0le
drug store is open to him.
In Ohio, under the Scott Law, and now.
under the Dow law, the druggists who
desire to do saloon business have had
a great advantage over the men openly
engaged in that business. They could
sell just az bad liquor without paying
any tax so long as they were not obliged
to step up to the captains Office and
settle. But the men who pay the tax
object to the discrimination, and so we
hear of the accommodating druggists
being made to toe the mark.
A case In point will serve to illustrate
the econimic and moral side ss well. In
the town Of Washington Court House
the druggists we're selling without pre-
scription and without having paid the
tax. Among the offenders was one The
odore Brown. Special reasons made it
yer, embarrassing to Mr.. Brown to be
held up as violstor of the liquor law.
He Is leader of the Third Party Probi-
bitionists in bis county. Last year he
was the Prohibitionist nominee for Au-
ditor. He made public speeches in
compromise with the devil" Mr..
Brown may have hung back on the
tax because be had conscientious scru
pies against compromising with the
devil.
Men differ on matters of conscience.
The Ohio man, who sees no hope for the
country except in absolute prohibition,
quiets his conscience by paying no tax
for selling Intoxicating beverages. He
regards revenue derived from liqU0r
traffic as blood money, and until be was
compelled to pay, he took the high NOR
al ground that he would contribute none
Of that objectionable rev enue to the
public treasury.
Another man, quite Ms earnest ~ the
Ohio druggist. firmly convinced that
while men will drink men will be found
TO sell, and being UNIV tlling 10 let so
dangerous traffic go unrestrsineti,
gives bis influences ~ such restrain na
laws ss can be enforced, and has idea
that be ia dning a moral wrong I" make
him pay who plays. - Wheeling lnteIli'
gencer.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-21
Democracy in Trouble.

Whoever reads the accounts of city
elections held yesterday and Monday in
New Jersey will observe some striking
facts. The Dem ocrats have found an
other Waterloo, in state usually con-
sidered as safe for them as any in the
Union. The reports of elections yester~
day 10 several cities tell their own tale.
On Monday there was not only an over
wbelming Republican victory in Pater
son, where the Democrats used to lave
sure m8jOrities, and in Passaic, hut also
in Trenton. where Republican Mayor
has been unknown for twenty FIVE years.
The causes are obvious. The labor
movement has smashed the Democratic
party in several cities, and disgust with
Democratic frauds In the late legislative
contests has operated against that party
throughout the state. The best citizens
refuse TO support party Which seeks to
keep itself alive by ballot-box stuffing,
and by series of indictable crimes.
The working men, who form the bulk
of the vote of every party in the cities,
are deserting the Democratic party by
the thousands, convinced that 1t does
serve their interests. The consequen>
ces of such a hegira from that party in
northern cities need not be explained.
The longer look is one that many
observers miss. Elections like these
are bridge from Democracy to genuine
Republicanism. The Democratic work.
iDgmen have been fighting against their
own interests in supporting for quar-
ter of a century a free trade party.
When they axe the 6rst step, abandon
ing that party because they find it
unfaithful to their inter ssts, the next
will be easier. They will soon learn
that only one party in the country has
both the will and the power effectually
to protect American industry, and those
who are wise will concentrate their
votes In favor of Republican candidates
on all national issues. The free trade
agitation of Messrs Carlisle, Morrison
and Co. begins to bear fruit.-New
York Tribune of the 18th.
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Church Directory.

DRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev. r.
4 Alexander, pastor. Public worship every
Sabbath morning and evening; Sabbath school
at $50 a. m; young peoples of Christian
endeavor, Monday evenings; general prayer
meeting, Wednesday evening. Strangers
welcome 10 all services.
M METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
NlRev. w H. Haskell, pastor. Sabbath
preaching: II am; 7p.m. Sabbath School:
2:30 pm. Young mems meeting; Friday
pm; general prayer meeting: Thursday pm
Strangers are cordially invited 10 all our
services.
TINTED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
" Rev. Thomas Bslph, pastor. Sabbath
School. 10 am. Public worship: II am.
Weekly prayer meeting: Friday 8 pm.
Monthly prayer meeting: Last Saturday Of
each month, pm Woman's Missionary
Society: Last Saturday each month, pm.
District prayer meetings: First Tuesdays,
Wednesdays Thursdays and Saturdays each
month, pm. Young women's prayer meet
ing: second Saturday each month at the
Parsonage, pm.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-21
DYING to SLOW Music.

Why is it that death scenes are 50 artifii-
ally managed on the stage nowadays, parti-
cularly when is taken 'nto consideration the
realism that actors and scene painters en-
deavor TO throw into their performances A
noted actress is playing Meg Merrilles at the
opera house. In the last act the witch is shot
and dies to slow music. A group Of person
ages stand near her in picturesque tableau;
but no one offers to staunch the wound, no
one tenders a stimulant; they simply stand in
striking poses and watch her die. In real
life some one would have sent for doctsr, .
comfortable resting place would have been
made for the sufferer, and an effort would
have been made to ease the last moments OF
the dying one Philadelphia Bulletin
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-21

IL the manuscript ef speeches, ser
mons. law arguments, scientific. or pro-
fessional papers were printed as they
come to the printers hands. seven in ten
of the great regulations would be
wrecked-the educators of the land. the
very teachers of the grammar schools
not excepted. There is something in
the process Of handling of types. of
reading copy, Of correcting proofs, that
begets an aptitude that no other instruc-
tion can give. The mind ID so trained
that 1: detects errors In style, expression.
and rhy thin in composition. as the train
ed ear discovers discords in music. The
printer is, after all. the real protector of
literary reputation.-Co R.T. Van Horn.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-21
SOMEBODY'S MOTHER.

The woman was old and ragged and gray,
And bent with the chill of the winters dsy;
The street WAS wet with recent snow,
And the womans feet were aged snd slow.
She stood at the crossing and waited long,
Alone, uncared for, amid the throng
OF human beings who passed Ltr y,
Nor needed the glance of her anxious eye.
Down the street, with laughter and shout,
Glad in the freedom of ''schol let out"
Came the boys, like flock of sheep,
Hailing the snow piled white and deep,
Past the woman so old and gray
fastened the children on their way,
Nor offering helping hand to her,
So meek, so timid, afraid to stir
Lest the carriage wheels or the horses feet
Should crowd her down on the slippery street.
At last came one Of the merry troop
The gayest leddIe of all the group;
''pn help you across if you wish to CO."
Her aged hands on his strong young arm
She placed, and so, without hurt or harm,
he guided the trembling feet along,
Proud that his own were firm and strong.
Then back again to bis friend he went,
His young heart happy and well content.
''She's somebody's mother, boys, you know,
For all she is aged, and poor and slow;
And hope some fellow will lend hand,
To help my mother. you understand,
II ever shes poor and old and gray,
When her own dear boy is far away"
And somebody's mother" bowed low her
head said
In her home that night, and the prayer she
Was, ''God, be kind to the noble boy,
Who is somebody's SOD and pride and joy!"
-Hsrpers Weekly.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-21

TIE Democratic victory in Rhode
Island is rather more sweeping than
was at first reported True, the plurall-
ty of Davis for Governor bas been
greatly cut down. but the latest returns
indicate a small Democratic majority on
joint ballot in the legislature, which
will enable that party to choose the
other state oficeIs who failed Of cleo
tion before the people. It is . short
lived trump, and will have no practi>
cal result unless In case of the death of
the death of one Of the present Raode
Island United States Senators.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-21
A Nursemaid,s New Attire.

Here is an accurate picture of-whom do
you suppose! A Fifth avenue nursemaid.
Where is her white capi She doesn't wear
any. And her apronl That IS gons, too.
How, then, is she to be distinguished from
pretty girls who are not servilei By means
of her wide white linen collars and cuffs,
The fashionable matron concerns herself
acutely about the costuming Of the household
servants Just the same as In clothing her
self, she seeks to keep different and ahead Of
the multitude.
White caps and aprons on childrenS
nurses have become common Therefore the
swell mother sends her offspring out for an
airing with a newly dressed servitor. This
young person is clad plainly but neatly. Her
bonnet is stylish, her bodice is fitted ike
glove, her skirts are gracefully draped, and
her feet are in French heeled gaitsrS; but
conspicuous badges of her menial calling are
a dead white collar and equally clean but
glossless cuffs These impart the desired
singularity, and at the same time are new
New York Cor Cincinnati Enquirer.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-21

Dr. r. H. CLARK. of ths A.. mt
church. Mihnes polls. suppl-m-niI r '.
Jasper's theory that 'the sun do move
bv proclaiming that the earth is not a
globe but vast fat, level surfsre sur
rounded by a rim of ice which will
always protect any one from falling nff
that is. the rim of ice is SO wide and
thick and rugged that norody can ever
get to the edge Of the world. and hence
there can be no falling off.
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POINTS TO BE REMEMBERED.
nrntilation Of Trade Dollars.

There will be considerable delay in the re-
demption and payment of these dollars, and
those who thought that all they would have
to do was to go and get their money viii be
sadly disappointed, and it may be long time
for counting the dollars is only $100, 900 per
day They have to be received, counted, and,
II found correct, then certified to and paid
Hence the delay. But new and big cause
for alarm among holders of the trade dollar
has arisen 1t is that nearly all the trade
dollars coming back from China are mutilated
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-21
Excitement I'm Texas.

Great excitement has been caused in the
vicinity OF Paris, Texas, by the remarkable
recovery OF Mr. E Corley, who was so
helpless he could not turn In bed, or raise his
heao; everybody said he was dying of con-
sumptioni trial bottle of DR. Kings New
Discovery was sent hin; finding relief, he
bought large bottle and box Of d. Kings
New Life Pills. by the time he had taken two
boxes OF pills and two bottles Of the discovery,
he was we'll and had gained in flesh thiriy-six
pounds. trial bottles of this Or at Discovery
for consumption free at Patterson 4 Sons. 2
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-21

In riding along the roads you see at fixed
intervals stones with inscriptions on them
more or less extensive, sometimes simply
initials and sometimes names with numbers
These are placed there to show who is bound
as the owner Of the land to keep the road in
repair and to keep il open in the winter, and
for what distance his obligation extends.
This duty, so far as keeping the roads in re-
pair is concerned, is fulfilled most admir-
ably. From the snow plows which you see
turned up along the road at intervals I ap-
prehend that keeping it open IN winter is
equally wen attended TO. This Is duty I'M
posed ON the farmers, and only in excep-
tional cases b any compensation made for it
Col. George Bliss in New York Times.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-21
Petroleum v. Nasby.

D. R. Locke, Petroleum V. Nasty, editor
Toledo Blade, writes: Il had on forefnger
of my right hand one Of those pleasant pets,
8 run-round; the finger became infamed to .
degree unbearable and swollen to nearly twice
its natural size; frlend.save me Henry's Car
bolic snlve. and in twenty minutes the pain
to much snbRided as to give fair nights
sest, which had not had before for q week;
she inflammation left the finger In day; l con.
rider 1t most valuable article
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-21
Cantain Wbite Renul,ican was elect,

Cantain White, Republican, was elect
ed to congress from the 18th Indiana
district, Judge Lowry. Democrat. at
tempted. but failed to have his certi6
cate Of election withheld. He. then
gave notice of contest on December 81.
1886. The law requires that such notice
shall be filed within 30 days after the
canvasing Of the votes. 1t is charged
that his notice was too late, and that
there we're erasures and changes on the
records to bring the contest within the
limit of time.
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Belmont County onHciAi Director.

Common Pleas Judge-John B DriZgs.
Probate Judge-Issac q. CASTOR.
Clerk Of Courts-Wm. 3. Cash.
Sheriff f-Oliver E. Foulke.
Auoitor-D. Fl. Darrah
Treasurer-George Robinson
Prosecuting Attorney-N. Z. Kennon.
Recorder-John NJ. Beckett.
Commissioners-Morris Cope, VIM Berry,
John G. Israel.
Surveyor Dawson.
COroner--Samuel Martin.
lnfirmary Directors-Burget McConnsughy.
president; VIM. Lodge, clerk; John a. Clark.
auditH
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-04-21

As FLOWERS never put on their best
clothes for Sunday, buF wear thrir spnt-
less raiment and exhsle their odor eve
r. day. so let your Christian life, free
from staip.e aver give forth the fragrance
OF thf love uf God.
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Masonic Directory.

DELMONT LODGE, No. 16, r. & A. M.
I'D Meets every Wednesday night, on or be-
fore full moon.
W. D. BUMGARNER, W. NJ.
JESSE B. MEYER, Sec'y.
CT. CLAIRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. IL,
y Royal Arch Masons Stated convoca-
tions, first Friday of each month.
F. D. BAILEY, B. P.
]. B. MEYER, Rec.
DELMONT COUNCIL, No. "a, R. & s. NJ.
ID Meets second Tuesday of each month.
G. W. CARROLL, +. N.
]. B. MRYER, Sec'y.
HOPE COMMANDERY, No. 90, K. T.
Il Stated cunclsves. frat Tuesday Of each
month. J B. RYAN, z. G.
j. B. MRyER, Rec.